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The cockroach body is covered by an exoskeleton made of ______(a) pronotum(b) tegmina(c) sclerites(d) labrumThis question was posed to me in quiz.Question is from Animals Structural Organisations in chapter Structural Organisations in Animals of Biology – Class 11

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Correct answer is (c) sclerites

The BEST I can explain: Sclerites are hard plates that join together to FORM the exoskeleton that covers the BODY of the cockroach. Sclerites are of two types- dorsal tergites and ventral STERNITES. These are joined to each other by the ARTICULAR membrane.



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